Business Advice & Business Cards

About year before Dad passed away, I started my own business... kind of... and I went to Dad for advise. He once owned his own business back in Monaco and I wanted to know what he thought.

Dad gave me advise about how to handle things and he also made me my business card. The company name is RiSK-Free Technology, the Ri stands for my wife, Rita, the S is for my oldest two daughters Samantha and Serina, and the K is for my twin girls, Katarina and Katrina. Of course, no one wants to take a risk, so the company is RiSK-Free. Technology because I do chemical research and computer consulting.

When I was thinking about a name I thought about my dad's company name in Monaco. It was Alma Edition. The Alma was in honor of my mom and Edition was because he was in the printing business. that thought whirled around my head when I came up with a name for my company. I wanted to follow Dad's footstep, the man that always showed respect and ultimate love for my mother, his wife. A man that showed me what it was like to be a great husband.

That's why the Ri part of the company name.

When Dad designed the business, he didn't slap anything together. He used his years of experience as a printing man to design it just right. He went through many versions to make sure that it was well balanced and that it was properly set. I appreciated that.

This blog makes me think of a saying that I've enjoyed over the years and hopefully you will appreciate it too. I am 42 now

When I was:

Four years old:

My daddy can do anything.

Five years old:

My daddy knows a whole lot.

Six years old:

My dad is smarter than your dad.

Eight years old:

My dad doesn't know exactly everything.

Ten years old:

In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.

Twelve years old:

Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn't know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.

Fourteen years old:

Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.

Twenty-one years old:

Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out of date.

Twenty-five years old:

Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.

Thirty years old:

Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had a lot of experience.

Thirty-five years old:

I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.

Forty years old:

I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.

Sixty years old:

My Dad knew literally everything!

Sixty-five years:

I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more.